one of the witnesses at the hearing tonight will be nichole hockley. her six-year-old son, dylan, was killed at sandy hook elementary school. she spoke with michelle miller today at the offices of sandy hook promise, the antiviolence group formed by newtown residents. >> reporter: why is now the time for you to stand up and speak? >> now is the time because it's the only way i can... start to make any sense of this for myself. dylan was just pure love, when you get right down to it. i am not being fair to his legacy and memory if i sit back and do nothing. >> reporter: what do you want to happen? >> all i've seen, in all honesty, so far, are people immediately jumping on agendas. i find that disgusting. i would rather see more conversation and listening taking place. >> reporter: the hockleys lived just yards away from the home of the gunman. she saw adam lanza only once. it was from a distance, the week of the attack. >> it's a physical reaction to realize that, at some point, so soon before it happened, that you'd actually seen the person who took yo